Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

एतत्पुण्यं पापहरं धन्यं दुःस्वप्ननाशनम् । पठतां शृण्वतां चैव तीर्थमाहात्म्यमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

etatpuṇyaṃ pāpaharaṃ dhanyaṃ duḥsvapnanāśanam | paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiva tīrthamāhātmyamuttamam

Translation

ഈ ഉത്തമ തീർത്ഥമാഹാത്മ്യം പരമ പുണ്യദായകം, പാപഹരം, മംഗളപ്രദം, ദുഷ്സ്വപ്നനാശകം ആകുന്നു. ഇതു പാരായണം ചെയ്യുന്നവർക്കും ശ്രവിക്കുന്നവർക്കും മഹാഫലം നൽകുന്നു.

Word by Word

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषणम् (demonstrative adjective)

• puṇyam: merit; holy (thing)
• puṇyam: Karma/Pradhāna (Object/Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• pāpa-haram: sin-removing
• pāpa-haram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (pāpasya haraḥ); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• dhanyam: blessed; auspicious
• dhanyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhanya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• duḥsvapna-nāśanam: destroyer of bad dreams
• duḥsvapna-nāśanam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥsvapna (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (duḥsvapnasya nāśanam); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• paṭhatām: of those who recite/read
• paṭhatām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paṭh (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले (लट्-अर्थे) शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तम्; षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; ‘पठत्’ (reading) इत्यस्य षष्ठी-बहुवचन (of those who read)

• śṛṇvatām: of those who listen
• śṛṇvatām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले (लट्-अर्थे) शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तम्; षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; ‘शृण्वत्’ (hearing) इत्यस्य षष्ठी-बहुवचन (of those who listen)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• eva: indeed; just
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)

• tīrtha-māhātmyam: the greatness of the pilgrimage place
• tīrtha-māhātmyam: Karma/Pradhāna (Object/Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + māhātmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tīrthasya māhātmyam); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• uttamam: excellent; supreme
• uttamam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (to Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-māhātmya (general phala-śruti)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A recitation assembly by the riverbank: a sage recites the tīrtha-māhātmya to attentive listeners; the river glows, and dark dream-forms dissolve into light.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śravaṇa and pāṭha of tīrtha-māhātmya are themselves dharmic acts that purify the mind and life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha being narrated; the verse serves as a general phalaśruti for the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Recitation (pāṭha) and listening (śravaṇa) to the tīrtha-māhātmya.